Ubuntu 13.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2179-1)

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description :

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem of
the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to execute
arbitrary code on the host OS. (CVE-2014-0049)

Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles
uncached write operations. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain
sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly gain privileges.
(CVE-2014-0069).

Solution :

Update the affected linux-image-3.11.0-20-generic and / or
linux-image-3.11.0-20-generic-lpae packages.

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